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In reply to the discussion: Wake the fuck up! WH:Individual mandate conceived of by the Heritage Foundation (VIDEO) [View all]JoePhilly
(27,787 posts)You miss that?
And, well ... health insurance is not a TAX on the young. Only an IDIOT who can afford health insurance does not obtain it.
Again ... if you are "young" and can't afford it, you either get a subsidy, you get to stay on your parent's plan, or you are exempt.
That evil Obama. Tell me, how does a "young person" who has no insurance now, and no coverage through their parents, pay for a catastrophic illness without the ACA?
You can call for some other plan, like single payer ... but that is not happening in the near term. So what do you want those folks to do, die?
The ACA builds a bridge. Its not perfect. But it moves us forward.
Or ... we can go back to where we were before Obama, before Bush, before Clinton, before Bush #1. Good plan.